| Feww! Been too long since I last
reviewed! I apologize to Kaie for taking so long to review his/her (I guess
I don't know ^^) wonderful site.
The main page uses frames, but in
a very useful way. The top frame has a javascript set up so that when you
click on a japanese word, the boxes in the frame will show you the definition.
A wonderful idea. I love the proverb, it fits very well there. ^^ I like
how the index is sort of framed in a dark blue color, and the picture on
the right side. Aesthetically, this page is easy on the eyes, simple, and
functional, all of which are musts for any page. I'm not so sure
about the picture to the left, it looked fine when I first saw it but now
I wonder if it might be unnecessary. Try moving it, or taking it out, see
what that looks like. Also, everything is blue and I like that, but not
everything is the same type of blue. That's just a nitpick. ^_-
Now we proceed to "Gaibu Taiyou Kei
Senshi", or "Exterior Solar System Warriors". It has the same layout as
the front page, only in grey (ok, I don't know why I pointed that out when
you can see it yourself *_*). I like the background and the uniform layout,
but the pictures in the table are larger than the boxes, leaving a blank
space below the links. Each outer senshi's name is described here in a
chart that can be a liiitle bit confusing and in writing. Then there are
some stats directly from the manga which are translated for us. I am impressed
most by the translations on this page; especially the image songs, I could
never have figured those out. ^^ On Haruka's image song page and Michiru's
survey results page, we get forwarded to a strange address that cannot
be found. (?) The Uranus image gallery could be arranged to load more quickly
and I would love to see more galleries for the other senshi.
Shattered Coming proves to be very
long and interesting. The author has a writing style similar to his webdesign
style; adequately descriptive, not too gaudy, and to the point. It's hard
to tell which part is which and how to access them, but the ones I did
read were interesting.
"Red Moon, No Stars" is something
I've never seen before; a text-based, interactive fiction game based on
Sailor Moon. Since I enjoy text-based games I would be one to download
this. It's a great, new idea.
The Anime Lyric Translator offers
more of those translated lyrics, sometimes translated by other people,
but credit is always given. This provides a way for those of us who are
just starting to learn Japanese to see what each word means individually
as well as how they fit together, and putting the Japanese words with translations
for each word leaves room for us to reach our own conclusions as to what
the exact translation is. In some cases, we even get to see the Japanese
writing alongside the text, which is very nice. From this page we can also
access a description of the frame and the script in it, which is very thorough
and considerate of the author to provide.
Senshi Spotlight is another original
feature; summaries of the S season, but for a specific reason: each senshi
has an episode dedicated to exploring their personalities, and this
is a nice way of enabling us to read about them. Hopefully, we will see
more soon. ^^
Uraeshi Yuusuke and Usagi are compared
next; several important points are similar in both characters. I've never
seen Yuu Yuu Hakusho, and some of this leaves me in the dark, but for the
most part it would be interesting to SM fans. I would love to see more
character coparisons here in the future.
"Superlatives" is a fun section,
however I'd like it if it were explained ore clearly what is was based
on. However, it's yet another original feature that is fun to read (despite
the Uranus bias...ahem ^^).
Clicking on the Five Paths, I expected
something about Buddhism, but found a listing of the five elements as seen
in many anime series. I' not sure quite where this information was found,
but it is a nice supplement to the astrological aspect of SM that many
don't fully realize.
The "adopt" page looks sort of old
and useless, and it forwards me to a weird address, but the pictures are
kawaii. ^^
The Miscellaneous section is more
anime-related than SM-related, but it is entertaining. The "about Kaie"
page still leaves me in the dark about Kaie's gender, but since Kaie is
referred to as "he" throughout the page I'll guess Kaie is a guy. ^_-
And this concludes our reviewing
session! I enjoyed this page, mostly because of its outstanding originality
and clear, simple interface and design. What I think you could improve
here is adding to what you have; if you're going to feature all the outer
senshi, give them each a gallery, plus insights and some more of the interesting
information that you have already posted. I like the interactive features,
and the overall originality, but some sections could be expanded
into a lot more (ie, the S summaries section). If you want, you can spice
up the design with more graphics and I know you can think of sommething
pretty, but that's not really necessary; the strong point of this
site is obviously content. Keep it up! |